B'Yachad - Together
The Electronic Alumni Newsletter of Ohr Somayach
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'Hinei ma tov u'ma na'im sheves achim gam 'Yachad'
How good and pleasant it is for brothers to be 'Together'
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Issue #18 Shevat 5759
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A Tree, A Spring And Offspring
by Mendel Weinbach
"Shall I bless you with Torah knowledge -- you are already a Torah scholar!
Shall I bless you with wealth -- you are already a man of great resources !
Shall I bless you with children -- you already have them !"
Rav Yitzchak found the solution to his problem by recalling a
parable.
A man wandered in the desert -- weary, hungry and thirsty. He came
upon a tree with sweet fruits, a pleasant shade and a stream of water
flowing beneath it. He ate from its fruits, drank from its water and
relaxed in its shade. As he was about to depart a refreshed traveler, he
turned to the tree and said:
"Tree, oh tree, how can I bless you? Shall I bless you that your
fruits should be sweet -- they are already so! Shall I bless you with a
pleasant shade -- you already have it! Shall I bless you that a stream of
water pass beneath you -- one already does! All I can bless you with is
that all the trees which are offspring of you shall be like you."
"Thus," concluded Rav Yitzchak, "I can only bless you in the same
manner -- that all of your offspring shall be like you."
On Tu B'Shvat, the Rosh Hashana of the trees, we at Ohr Somayach like
to think of ourselves as trees blessed by Hashem to have offspring -- our
beloved talmidim in Eretz Yisrael and throughout the world -- like
ourselves, blessed with the same dedication to learning and spreading Torah
and to insuring that their offspring will be like them.
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Simchas & Announcements
Mr. & Mrs. Yechiel Lewis On The Birth Of A Boy
Mr. Zev & Mrs. Ilissa (Weinberger) Green On Their Wedding
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fine On The Birth Of A Girl
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